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Eric Adams: “July was a recorded low [for subway safety], including when…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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NYC Mayor Adams And NYPD Commissioner Tisch Hold Press Briefing Following Midtown Manhattan Shooting

Published | Video Starts at 03:43

And we didn't leave our subways behind. It was always a concern that people wanted to feel safe and be safe on our subway system, in the subway system. And July was a recorded low [for subway safety], including when you take away the two pandemic years, it was the lowest in recorded history. Once you remove those two pandemic years when we didn't have that ridership. But you know, public safety is more about more than just crime stats. It's about how people are feeling. (03:43–03:53)

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Asserts that July had the lowest recorded subway crime rates, excluding pandemic years.

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